obtained and filed as subvouchers to the account, giving the dates of arrival and departure and the rate per day. No charges will be allowed for hotel bills when the detention is unnecessary for the execution of the orders under which the journey is performed. Meals furnished on steamers or other means of conveyance which are included in the charge for fare will not, of course, be made an extra charge. Whenever special expenditures are made for meals they will be allowed, but for no other items of refreshment than the ordinary food provided for travelers. Travel must be covered by a specific order in the case, issued by authority of the Director previous to the commencement of the journey, or confirmed by him as soon thereafter as practicable. The items above authorized will appear in detail upon the voucher or memorandum attached thereto, together with subvouchers in all cases when practicable. No other items of whatever nature will be allowed. "No account or pay-roll should be so made up as to involve payments from the appropriations for more than one fiscal year. "Balances from the appropriations for one fiscal year cannot be applied to payment of indebtedness incurred during another fiscal year, unless it be in fulfillment of expenses incurred, or of contracts properly made, within that year. "One copy of property return, with vouchers complete pertaining thereto. "All articles to be itemized and classed under the following heads, alphabetically arranged: "1. Fuel. "2. Forage. "9. Photographic instruments and material. "10. Laboratory instruments and material. "11. Miscellaneous stores, such as lumber, rope, nails, canvas, soap, candles, tools, and material for general repairs. "No disbursing officer making a return of public property will drop from his return any articles as worn out or unserviceable until they have been condemned, after proper inspection, and ordered to be dropped or otherwise disposed of. "A full report of all public property considered worn out or unserviceable will be made to the Director at the end of each quarter, if practicable, with such explanatory remarks as may seem to be required, after which orders as to the inspection or disposition of the same will be issued. "Property intrusted to assistants and employés of the Survey will be carefully charged against them, and in case of loss the money value will be withheld unless said loss be unavoidable and satisfactorily explained. Affidavits and statements will be made up at the time of loss. Too great care of instruments and other property cannot be exercised by persons connected with the Survey. "CLARENCE KING, Director." A list of blank forms and vouchers adopted for use of this office, with corresponding Interior Department numbers, is herewith appended: 9001-Estimate of Funds. 9002-Reply to Estimate of Funds. 9003-Weekly Statement of Public Funds. 9004-Notice that Funds have been Remitted. 9008-Requisition for Funds. 9009-Voucher of Disbursements. 9010-Requisition for Printing and Binding. 9011-Requisition for Stationery. 9012-Inspection Reports. 9013-Account Current. 9014-Quarterly Returns of Property. 9016-Pay Roll. 9017-Invoice of Property. 9019-Receipts for Property. 9020-Abstracts of Disbursements. 9021-Affidavits as to Property. 9022-Estimate for Stamps. 9023-Return of Stamps. 9024-Notification of Receipt of Accounts. 9025-Abstracts of Weekly Statements. 9026-Acknowledgment of Receipt of Circulars. 9027-Acknowledgment of Receipt of Communications. 9028-Pay Voucher. 9029-Letter Transmitting Checks in Payment of Accounts. 9030-Letter inclosing Accounts for Signature. Leave of Absence Blanks. Letter containing Bureau Regulations relative to Appointments. Orders for Journeys. Transportation Requests over Bonded Railroads. Orders for Supplies. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN D. McCHESNEY, Chief Disbursing Clerk. APPOINTMENTS. By the sanction of the honorable the Secretary of the Interior, appointments to the Geological Survey are divided into two classes: First. Members of the regular and permanent corps of the Survey, who are nominated by the Director and appointed by the Secretary, their appointments being made out and oath of office being filed in the Appointment Division of the Department of the Interior. Second. Temporary appointments, which the Director is authorized to make and revoke. In organizing the Geological Corps, the greatest care has been taken in the selection of appointees. The following letter, which is returned to applicants for position, will convey an idea of the high character of requirements which is demanded of every member of the Survey: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, Washington D. C., 1880. SIR: Your communication of relating to a position for upon the staff of the United States Geological Survey, has been received and placed upon file. Your attention is respectfully called to the following Bureau Regulations concerning appointment: "The Geological Survey is divided into two independent divisions. These are: "1. General Geology. 2. Mining Geology. "Applicants for appointment under the Division of General Geology will be required to furnish proper evidence of a good working knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, and mineralogy. Such evidence will consist of the degrees of universities, or the testimony of experts in the required branches, or the result of a written examination. "Applicants for appointment under the Division of Mining Geology must furnish equivalent evidence of a working knowledge of mathematics, mechanics, mining geology, chemistry, metallurgy, and the mineralogy of economic mineral products." You are requested to comply with the above requirements and present your scientific credentials. Very respectfully, CLARENCE KING, Director. The following is the list of the personnel of the Survey, giving the posi tion or character of duty, the dates of appointment, promotion, and resignation, and the annual salary: Personnel of the United States Geological Survey. Personnel of the United States Geological Survey-Continued. The following cash statement, submitted by John D. McChesney, chief disbursing clerk, gives the quarterly and annual total disbursements expended by each disbursing officer, and the total for the bureau for the year. To this statement is appended a classification of expenditures made from the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30. The unexpended balance of $20,624.43 is reserved for the payment of the experts engaged in the collection of the statistics of the mineral productions in the Western States and Territories. It is an expense incurred to cover a period of the last fiscal year, and its results will be embodied in a volume upon the precious metals. Appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880, act approved March 3, 1879. Amount expended from appropriations for United States Geological Survey for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880. $100,000 00 79,375 57 Amount remaining unexpended June 30, 1880 (required to meet outstanding liabilities). 20,624 43 Respectfully submitted. JOHN MCCHESNEY, Chief Disbursing Clerk, U. S. G. S. Classification of expenditures made from appropriation for United States Geological Survey Amount of accounts of bonded railroads for transportation of persons and 1,705 73 81 42 5, 430 85 938 10 71 16 42 00 77,202 74 2, 174 99 The following reports from members of the Geological Survey who are in charge of special departments of work, convey brief accounts of Director United States Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of operations in I qualified as geologist on the 15th of August, 1879, and, by your Your instructions as contained in your letter of August 14, 1879, were "1. You will devote the first years of the administration of your divi- |
